Summary

The first Users Guide to the National Electrical Code® explains basic principles of the NEC®!NFPAs 2002 Edition details and explains the basic NEC principles you must know to work effectively with the worlds most widely used building code! Written by H. Brooke Stauffer, Director of Codes & Standards at the National Electrical Contractors Association, Users Guide to the National Electric Code is the ideal starting point for electrical apprentices, and a useful reference for experienced pros. Launch your career in the electrical fieldor get the NEC background youve been missing!Learn how to find your way around the 2002 NEC through text explaining: Whats covered in each chapter of the NEC. Use it alongside your 2002 Code!How the National Electrical Code works with other NFPA electrical standards and building codesThe NEC consensus development process and the significance of TIAs and Formal InterpretationsThe Users Guide offers expert analyses of technical requirementsthe kind of information it can take years to acquire:The difference between GFPE and GFCI equipmentWhy terminals for ungrounded hot conductors must be color-distinguishable from the silver or white usedfor grounded conductorsReasons to use a multiwire branch circuit. The NEC tells you how to install itonly the Users Guide tells you why.Find examples of TVSS (transient voltage surge suppressors) and hundreds of other explanations.